VeryFrugal@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoThe average age of Disney princesses is 505y.sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1691arrow-down111
arrow-up1680arrow-down1external-linkThe average age of Disney princesses is 505y.sh.itjust.worksVeryFrugal@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square166fedilink
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThe same laws that protect drunk, unconscious, disabled, senile, or otherwise incapacitated people would still apply. Here, the 18-year-old with a child’s mind would be deemed incompetent, and assigned a guardian.
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agowhat if they can prove competence?
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoThen we respect their personal agency.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThere’s got to be something more concrete than that, should the guardian be the problem…
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoLaws are for generalities. Courts are for specificities. The situation you describe is resolved in the courts, not by legislation. If the guardian is the problem, the courts assign a new guardian. That guardian can be another relative, or it could be a department of the state.
The same laws that protect drunk, unconscious, disabled, senile, or otherwise incapacitated people would still apply. Here, the 18-year-old with a child’s mind would be deemed incompetent, and assigned a guardian.
what if they can prove competence?
Then we respect their personal agency.
There’s got to be something more concrete than that, should the guardian be the problem…
Laws are for generalities. Courts are for specificities. The situation you describe is resolved in the courts, not by legislation.
If the guardian is the problem, the courts assign a new guardian. That guardian can be another relative, or it could be a department of the state.